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Forsee Power to equip Régiolis hybrid regional trains in France

24th September 2018

Setting up a QA center of excellence

20th September 2018

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The Software Testing Conference NORTH 2018

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25th September 2018

Software testing industry kudos for DVT

25th September 2018

Looking ahead to banking in the future

Our everyday experience of banking is changing. The global financial crisis of 2008 damaged consumer confidence in the big banks while technology and smartphones have provided new opportunities for FinTech businesses

24 Sep, 16:43

Asda drives digital transformation with HCL

HCL Technologies (HCL) announces that it has been selected to help drive digital transformation at the UK’s third-largest grocery retailer, Asda

20 Sep, 14:13

Equifax faces maximum GDPR fine over data breach

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is to fine Equifax £500,000 over failing to protect the personal data of 146 million people

20 Sep, 11:56

The manual testing approach

Ever shortening release cycles are pushing us further towards automation, but can we ever really move away from software testing using humans?

20 Sep, 11:11

QualiTest signs US$3million multi-year partnership with DeepCoding

To develop a "revolutionary" AI testing tool, the world's' largest independent software testing company QualiTest signs a US$3million multi-year partnership agreement with DeepCoding

20 Sep, 9:00

Bringing QA to data science

Despite the existence of best practices in software testing for operational applications, there is a remarkable lack of established QA practices for advanced analytics and data science

19 Sep, 14:38

Product news

IBM launches cloud-based tool to monitor AI compliance

19th September 2018

Product news Retail

Argos launches ‘voice shopping’ using Google’s smart speaker

10th September 2018

HCL introduces AI-powered testing automation platform

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced the launch of HCL TURBO, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based, end-to-end testing automation platform aimed at communication service providers

23 Aug, 9:35

Drones hunt cocaine farms in Colombia

Drones have started being used by the Colombian government for destroying plants that produce cocaine

23 Aug, 8:59

Software testing has begun on Facebook dating app

Following Facebook's announcement at its F8 developer conference, the social media site has begun internally testing its new dating feature with employees

7 Aug, 12:26

Accenture expands touchless testing platform with AI tech

Accenture acquires artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Real Time Analytics Platform, Inc to strengthen the analytics and cognitive capabilities of its Accenture Touchless Testing Platform

2 Aug, 11:26

Adaptavist Test Management for Jira

Adaptavist's new software testing solution that simplifies the test process, enables scale and ensures quality with every new release

27 Jun, 9:50

Number of active mobile gamers hits record 2.1 billion worldwide

On a global scale, mobile gaming accounts for a large portion of the industries revenue. Statistics from MediaKix stated that there are over 2.1 billion mobile gamers, with more than 56% playing 10 or more times a week

21 Jun, 11:46

Security

Public sector Security

Google apologises for changing phone battery saver setting

18th September 2018

Finance Security

Altaba to settle Yahoo! lawsuit for US$47million following data breaches

17th September 2018

Bristol Airport’s information screens taken offline over cyber attack

In light of a cyber attack, Bristol Airport's flight display screens were out of service for two days

17 Sep, 16:16

Tagging – the key element in enhanced cloud automation

Since the rise of DevOps practices and principles, the “automate everything” approach has become more and more popular. This is no surprise as it’s one of the main pillars of DevOps. In fact, utilising tags on cloud resources is an underutilised way to sort, filter, and automate a cloud environment

17 Sep, 9:57

How does an autonomous vehicle avoid pedestrians & other obstacles?

How does an autonomous vehicle manage to navigate its way around obstacles and avoid pedestrians, other moving vehicles and cats dashing out to cross the road?

17 Sep, 9:41

Microsoft tests ‘rival’ pop-up warnings

Microsoft tests pop-up warnings as an attempt to prevent users from installing third-party browsers

14 Sep, 14:30

TV Licensing reveals suffering data breach

Tens of thousands of television viewers who have entered their details on the TV Licensing website in the past few weeks are being urged to check their bank statements for suspicious transactions following a data breach

14 Sep, 11:34

Cybersecurity expert shares five ways to boost smartphone security

Naomi Hodges, cybersecurity advisor at Surfshark, explains that a widespread smartphone security neglect is related to care-free user experience offered by smartphones

12 Sep, 14:15

Finance

Global smart meter market to reach US$10.4billion by 2022

Driven by rising emissions, domestic energy resource constraints, ageing infrastructure and the growing demand and cost of electricity, the global smart meter market is estimated to reach US$10.4billion by 2022, according to a leading data and analytics firm

Ethereum to take 50% of Bitcoin’s market share

According to a business analyst and technology expert, Bitcoin is to lose half of its cryptocurrency market share to Ethereum within the next five years

Managing offshore & onshore software testing resources

End-to-End Test Manager at Three, Victoria Bayes, exclusively reveals to TEST Magazine how she builds, manages and maintains the end-to-end test team comprising of both onshore and offshore resources

Do Amazon and Google pose a threat to home insurers?

Reportedly, Amazon has begun to explore the idea of setting up an insurance price comparison site in the UK. But is this a good idea?

Video

VIDEO – How software testers can add value in a microservices world

27th June 2018

VIDEO Chekib Ayed - The testing is dead, long live the testing!

VIDEO – The testing is dead, long live the testing!

26th June 2018

National Software Testing Conference - Felicity Lord test Happy Applying positivity to the Testing Process

VIDEO – Applying positivity to the software testing process

25th June 2018

National Software Testing Conference 2018 highlights

6th June 2018

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1st June 2018

Public Sector

A third of holidaying Brits say mobile app issues ruined their vacay

New research reveals that mobile apps played a critical role in the British holiday experience this summer

Wales awarded first cybersecurity centre of excellence

Cardiff University has been recognised as an "academic centre of excellence" in cybersecurity research by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre

Sainsbury’s checks out serviceless payments in London

With contactless payments expected to account for a third of in-store transactions by 2020, supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has joined the likes of Amazon by introducing checkout-free, Apple Store payments at its Clapham North store

Google faces lawsuit over tracking users location

Following the Associated Press (AP) accusing Google of tracking users location via Android and iPhone smartphones when ‘Location History’ is switched off, the tech giant has been hit with a lawsuit

Manufacturing

Drones, rovers & job losses: the future of artificial intelligence in construction

14th September 2018

10 everyday products you didn’t know NASA invented!

14th September 2018

Tesla Model S vulnerable to being cloned for US$600

11th September 2018

Do we need humanoid robots in a world of personal assistant technology?

11th September 2018

Can start-up device makers tap into IoT?

4th September 2018